Category: Sport
On Spain...
Northern Ireland 3 - Spain 2
David Healy is a living legend. First Northern Ireland hat-trick at Windsor Park in 35 years. George Best got the last one, apparently.
Much to happy and drunk to post any more. Just enjoy the highlights. more »
"Ireland" Don't Play Football
TV Channel: BBC Three
Programme Name: Germany vs Republic of Ireland
Transmission Date: 02/09/06
I was disappointed when I switched over to the above football match to see the latest score information in the top left of the screen display "Germany 0 I… more »
For Sale: 2 Tickets for Northern Ireland vs Spain
After today's abysmal performance against Iceland I was regretting making my brother wait in the freezing cold from the wee small hours for tickets due to go on sale at IFA HQ this morning for the Spain match on Wednesday night. As it stands, I forked ov… more »
Southern Double Standards: Part III
Thanks to Belfast Gonzo for pointing out the bigoted decision of the IRFU not to play the national anthem or fly the Union Flag when they face Italy in Belfast next year. Instead, Ireland will be represented by the IRFU flag and the 'neutral' song Irelan… more »
This Week Sinn Fein Are Annoyed About...
When I first saw the headline Sinn Fein anger over B&Q emblem I thought the Sinners had taken offence at the fact that the DIY chain's colour-scheme is Orange, but apparently it's something much more sinister.
Yes folks, B&Q have signed a deal… more »
Scumbags!
I just received an email from the IFA regarding a break in last week in which a large number of Northern Ireland kits (including training kits) were stolen from the IFA shop at Windsor Avenue.
If you're tempted into buying a kit off the back of a lorr… more »
FIFA To Accept Southern Passports
Dermot Ahern and the Republic's Foreign Ministry may have grabbed the initial headlines on FIFA's reversal of an earlier decision to require Northern Ireland players to carry UK passports, but the IFA have said that their negotiations with FIFA were resp… more »
The Business of Football
I received an email recently from SpreadShirt (the crowd who power the Everything Ulster shop) warning their partners about the potential for copyright infringement issues arising out of the World Cup. Basically they sent a cease and disist communication… more »
Maze "Masterplan" Launched
Ironic maybe, that just a day after my "The Lady's Not For Turning" post, (indicating that even with the return of a devolved executive, our overlords in the Labour cabinet won't allow local politicians to take decisions on matters that are actually impo… more »
A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
... and 80 not-so-welcomes. It seems the winds of change are bypassing the Windy City.
A mostly young Northern Ireland team was picketed last night in Chicago by a small rabble of everyone's favourite schizophrenics demonstrating their shameless into… more »